PAUL LOPILATO, CPM-APICS 781-***-****)

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SUMMARY

A Supply chain and logistics professional focused on global supply chain processes that supports supplier consignment activities, inventory management, Kanban, and (VMI), (JIT) Just-In-Time programs, LEAN methodologies, Streamlined freight cost, resulting in annual cost savings $300K yearly, Strategic procurement, negotiated long-term contracts, 2-year Blanket orders, Negotiating Material cost savings with Suppliers generating $200K in material cost savings annually

Reviewing DWGS, mechanical Fabrication, site-Layout & design builds, As-built’s, and Bid Specs

Managed PO schedules, monthly inventory plans, warehousing, materials, bidding, vetting, RFQ’S, RFP, Ontime delivery for procurement, and partnering with internal and external resources to accomplish program goals

GE negotiating $900k cost savings in billable hourly Labor rates/contract negotiations and materials, prepare and perform pre-bid meetings and pre-construction meetings

Plans, leads, controls and implements compliance related to the procurement, manage equipment

transport/shipments for import and export / setting up discounted pricing with different carries & 3PL carries

SKILLS: SAP/SRM, Fieldglass, Sage, MAXIMO, Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics, Oracle 10.7, Oracle, 11.03GUI, DELTEK GCS Premier, Glovia, Syteline, QAD, Agile, Global Shop, MRP - Ariba, TCO, MAXIMO, Share Point, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, 10 Hour OSHA Certified, Gannt Charts, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) MRO, 3DACAD, Solid Works, and ISO 9002 Certified

W O R K- H I S T O R Y

Supply Chain Mgr. / Consultant: Brandon FL 04/2019/11/2019

Self Employed Recently completed consulting project for a client, signed a NDA, worked with the clients engineering team to deliver the RFQ/Procurement, bidding process, first article inspection, cost savings, sourcing custom assemblies with contract manufactures for Medical Equipment, ensured FDA approval, Tracking on time delivery, setting up Logistic plans for importing and exporting Materials, LTL, truckloads, FedEx discounted agreement for domestic and International, UPS and 3PL carries

Managed the Supplier relationships, implemented Supply Plans, purchase polices, project tracker, Terms and conditions for issuing Purchase orders, setting up Master Goods agreements, MSA’s and Contracts, (OTD)

Worked with client business teams to map greatest areas of effort versus reward

Express Natural GAS, LLC, Andover, MA 07/2018/12/2018

Supply Chain Mgr. / Consultant

Coordinate component sourcing, supplier qualification, cost negotiation and strategic planning for all direct materials/indirect services used in facilitating the procurement for goods and services

Sourced mechanical fabricators to bid/RFQ for design-builds / turnkey projects (CNG/LNG Decompression skids CNG decanting systems) Purchasing equipment, Materials, and (Generators)

Purchase components and material for prototype development R&D, and direct procurement of materials for manufacturing inventory, Kanban, and expediting Materials thru reviewing the (OTD) / issuing (RMA’S)

Sourced, purchased, identified pricing, and lead times for the Bills of Material (BOM) - turnkey projects

Purchasing equipment, implementing FedEx Domestic and International discounted agreements for logistics importing and exporting materials with real time tracking daily reports, Freight Rates, overnight shipments, Transit Times, LTL, flatbeds, Step decks, Large oversized shipments with permitting, UPS, & 3PL Carries

Tracks the Drawing Lead Times with Engineering to facilitate procurement / design-builds, and As-built’s

Analyzing supplier contractual terms and conditions and recommending innovative approaches to contract requirements, obligations, risk exposures, and pre-construction services / Expedite the execution of subcontract agreements and purchase orders, (Time and Material NTE, and Lump Sum, FFF)

Implemented T&C’S, Supply Plans, project Tracker and purchasing polices for issuing purchase orders

Schneider Electric Systems USA, INC Foxborough, MA 11/2017/07/2018

Sr. Buyer, NAM Project Purchasing, Supply-Chain

Purchasing and planning, Developing and maintaining the procurement strategy for indirect and direct Supply-Chain for Process Automation / Mobilizing contractors & subcontractors for processing Panel Integrator’s IT, 3party contracts and services, executed projects for Face-Book $55MM -Servers & panel integration installation / 3Year project

Negotiate and implement cost-saving programs with suppliers, delivery, tracking materials, running open order reports, (OTD) for the program, Logistics, and production schedules, Quoting, sourcing Materials request, RFP, RFQ, and RFI / Supplier relationship management / Lead the evaluation of suppliers, and work to reduce vendor risk by developing scorecards and analyzing vendor performance

Approving purchase requisitions thru SAP/SRM & confirming delivery of orders with suppliers, Implemented, on-time tracking reports on how run these reports from (SAP/ BW)

Purchasing Equipment, IT, (NG/Gas/propane Generators), Microsoft software Licenses, Red Hat software, computer hardware, Dell, HP, IBM, Laptops, Cisco switches, computer servers, semi-conductor components, & processing service contracts for SCADA, renewable energy industry, EPA, Refinery plants, and Exxon/Mobil

Work cross functionally to deliver on RFQ/Procurement cost savings, risk mitigation projects, and supplier enabled innovation/ approving and reconcile all invoices

Schedule installations with subcontractors – maintaining schedule / setting up discounted pricing agreements with HP, CDW, and Dell, setting up IT contracts/MSA and Master goods agreements with suppliers

Review complex bids and proposals, negotiates cost savings per project, reviews various contracting (SOW) scopes of work, DWGS & design-builds, As-built’s / Manages the Materials BOM with Engineering to facilitate procurement / tracking Milestone schedules

Coordinating the Logistics for custom materials, worked with FedEx to achieve discounted agreements, incoterms DDP, scheduling specialty equipment transports both domestically and internationally to include the Americas, Europe, China, KSA, UK/London, Mexico, Canada, and Asia / ITAR

Enbridge Inc. (formerly Spectra Energy), Waltham, MA 6/2014/11/2017

Project - Procurement & Supply Chain Management

Manage all contracting activities, processing construction contracts, MSA, PSA, CSA, NDA’S, amendments, service agreements, SRO’S \ purchase orders, and for the Natural Gas, LNG, CNG, and renewable energy industry / Owner Client/GC, coordination Contract formation setting up Contracts, Standard contract templates, -Vetting, Bidding, SOW, Tasks, materials needed for the project, and alignment for project schedules, CAPEX projects $5MM, & $4.2BB

Approving purchase requisitions and issuing Purchase orders thru SAP/SRM, running on-time tracking reports for open orders, verifying budgets & ensure that all materials are delivered to the laydown yards & Construction sites

Review complex bids and proposals, negotiates cost savings per project, drafts various contracts, (SOW) scopes of work, works with engineering to receive final DWGS, / design-builds, As-built’s / manages the materials BOM with Engineering to facilitate procurement / manage multiple projects through completion, ensuring alignment/schedule across each project

Expediting the execution of subcontract agreements, master goods agreements, and purchase orders, WBS Project cost centers, approving, & reconcile all invoices and accruals, managing labor and billing reports

Tracking fabricators, contract manufacturers, suppliers, tracking long lead items for procurement, and custom builds for meter stations, compression stations, onshore, offshore, Engineering Design, managing third party services, reviewing historical spend, and Last price paid / PPV / Negotiating best price

Ordering Engineering equipment, expediting, running open order reports for the program, managing large oversized Logistics transports, Milestone schedules, Primavera P6, for construction projects

Developed new supply chain sources where suppliers are inadequate and competing suppliers for lowest cost, RFP, RFQ, RFI, (Time and Material NTE, and Lump Sum, FFF) / supplier management, supplier scorecards performance

CH2MHILL / GENERAL ELECTRIC Lynn, MA 5/2013/6/2014

Senior Buyer Supply Chain Management

Responsible for the daily operations of strategic procurement for General Electric (DOD) / service agreements, construction contracts, R&D, and facilities management, Expedite the execution of subcontract agreements and purchase orders throughout GE MA, NH, VT,

Procurement of Electro-mechanical sub-assemblies, machined parts, fabricated parts, assigned materials, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, IT, security solutions, GE lighting, controls, motors/repairs, Yaskawa Drives & energy management and renovation and reconstruction projects throughout the GE Plants

Scheduling maintenance services calls, installations, for the various HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Emergency Excavation Investigation services, construction upgrades and equipment installs, Budgets yearly $15MM

Responsible for project delivery, reviews various contracting scopes (i.e. design, consulting, design-build, program management, construction management), and their relationship to Enterprise Procurement

Manage manufacturing plans to transition activities between in-house and contract manufacturers, & capturing cost savings, Create and maintain Open Repair Orders Report (weekly) / Plant projects and repairs

Leads a staff of 3, & managers three GE plants throughout the North East / MA, NH & VT, tracking cost savings

Reviews and manages contractual obligations and provides continual review to ensure that all terms and conditions are met (NTE, Time and Material NTE, and Lump Sum) /approving and reconcile all invoices, managing accruals, running reports and setting up special payment terms with suppliers

Developed new supply chain sources where suppliers are inadequate and competing suppliers for lowest cost, RFP, RFQ, RFI, & final Bid 11hour

Gloucester Engineering Gloucester, MA 5/2012/8/2012

SENIOR BUYER / LOGISTICS MANAGER – Contract

Responsible for the daily operations of strategic procurement and logistics / domestically & Internationally

Responsible for sourcing and purchasing of electro-mechanical subassemblies, machined parts, fabricated parts, managed the VMI program for hardware, Contract Manufacturing, and semi-conductor components / international procurement in Mexico, ASIA, Europe and domestic purchase’s, ITAR, / processing RMA’s

Order placement to established suppliers once MRP and ERP is providing action messages, running an open order report, and expediting report, maintained inventory levels and attended weekly production meetings

Managed four people / union shop International Association of Machinists (IAM)

Responsible for import & export including customs brokers, duties, Taxes, & clearance, Incoterms, classification, (VAT) Duty Drawback, Ocean & Air Freight Cargo

Reviews PDF, 3DCAD drawings, solid works, and supports engineering, works with the engineering department regarding all (NRE), set up charges, and tooling, implemented policies and procedures for the purchasing team / expediting report procedure, first article incoming inspection procedure, and a procedure for purchasing material

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Boston MA 5/2010/5/2012

SUBCONTRACT MANAGER

Works with Risk Management, project management Team, Legal Counsel to negotiate and execute Construction contracts, State, Federal projects / contractual Contracts / MSA, PSA, CSA, NDA’S, amendments, service agreements, and purchase orders/ CAPEX Spend / budgeting projects $500K, $10MM, $500MM

Supports over fifty Civil Engineers throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey

(Projects Infrastructure) MBTA, Mass-Dot, Mass-Port, FAA, FAR, Homeland Security, FL Dot, NJ Dot, NJ Turn Pike Authority, Global buildings, Housing Authority, on call State and Government funded Projects, DCAMM, Defense / Military Projects, Oil and Gas, Automotive, Industrial, HVACR, Mechanical, Plumbing, Energy projects, Refining, Aerospace, Environmental Programs, and Technology

Identifies risks and issues, suggests alternatives that lead to the best solution, issuing various Contracts, Modifications, Sub agreements, and Purchase orders / Leasing Heavy Construction Equipment for Multiple Projects throughout the United States, bidding to WBE, DBE, MBE

Reviews and manages contractual obligations and provides continual review to ensure that all terms and conditions are met. (Cost Plus fixed fee - NTE, Time and Material NTE, and Lump Sum

EDUCATION:

Wakefield Memorial High School Wakefield, MA Diploma

University of Houston, TX Certified, Supply chain TCO

(ATI) Associated Technical Institute HVAC Certificate

Merrimack College, North Andover, MA Certified, CPM-APICS

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